Poplar Comedy Club showcase

Hosted by Tom Cousins. Featuring five of London’s Best New Comedians:

Pat Smith has a unique talent for finding comedy in every day life, his quick witted approach to story telling brings to life his day to day experiences in a way that is both entertaining and hilarious.Blackout WinnerFunhouse Leicester WinnerKing Gong FinalistQuote: “Check out my awards…Look at them!!!”

Anita Sriragavan provides joke rich, intelligent madness. Covering everything under the sun in a completely unique way. Having completed her own sell out show in The Edinburgh Fringe last year, Anita is very much one to watch!Quote: “Comedy is kinda weird, but I’m kinda weird so we jive well”

Louie McLean is a man of few words ‘Meh’King Gong WinnerBlackout WinnerNorfolk Comedy Shootout WinnerTop Secret PerformanceHe’s currently on tour opening for Josh James across the UKQuote: “I’m a lot better than everyone else on here”

Heath Muirhead is a middle aged Northerner – very proud, seriously you guys suck here – who finds the entire idea of self promotion cringe and pathetic. He hasn’t won any awards as he thinks competitions for art are as good as the death of said art. He’s not particularly excited about this gig and thinks comedy and comedians are very irritating and far too ‘try hard’, his biggest regret is not learning to play an instrument and joining a band.He despises comedy audiences and their ‘comments and opinions’ and he asks to please not approach him after the show, nothing you have to say will interest him. Quote: “People who go to comedy shows and get offended by the comedy are the dumbest people on earth”

Alumni of the BBC, Rez Bhatt will share his unique views on the world and the sordid and bizarre stories of his own life. Running his own nights across the capital and headlining all over the show, ‘Rez is one of the new young faces in comedy to really keep an eye on!’ TimeOut. (Ok they didn’t really say that but who cares, they probably would if they saw him perform and no one reads it anyway)Quote: “He was breathing when I left him?!”

MC Tom Cousins is Cofounder of Poplar Comedy, he’s a cheeky working class London lad with a depressingly dim future.Come with Tom as he guides you through this night of fantastically awesome comedy and gets to know you all a little better.(If he talks to you, talk back to him. Don’t make things weird and awkward please, like seriously it’s just a conversation with a man on stage, it ain’t base jumping!)King Gong WinnerLiterally nothing else of note has ever happened to him.Quote: “I have zero idea what I’m doing ever, everything is double sh!t and everyone annoys me. You up to much this weekend geeza?”

Book early to avoid disappointment.

Doors open 6pm.